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Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 131

After saying that, Gerald walked up to the car to take a look.

He would be lying if he said that he wasn’t distressed at the sight of his broken car at all.

Moreover, what could he possibly do now? What has happened, has happened. Plus it was Mila’s grandmother’s birthday banquet today.

If he demanded them to pay for the damages incurred, what would it make Mila look like?

Besides that, it was also have been too embarrassing.

Out of no choice, he was left to bottle his bitter sufferings in silence.

And with that, Gerald could only ask them to carry on whatever they were doing. He could perhaps later on drive his car to the 4S shop to fix the damages.

“Who do you think you are? Do you think that everything will be okay just because you say that it’s okay?”

“Those who don’t know any better would actually think that you are actually Mr. Crawford from Mayberry Commercial Street. Let’s only talk about all these when you finally reach that point in life!”

“Exactly! If we leave right now, then this will definitely be treated as a hit-and-run case. Adding on to that, we’ll have to bear a very huge responsibility because this would be a case that costs so much money! How can you have no legal consciousness at all!”

A group of Mila’s cousins, aunts and uncles immediately began mocking Gerald.

Irene grabbed this opportunity to add to the flames, “He is just a country bumpkin who does not know anything at all. So, how can you talk about legal consciousness with him?”

“Right okay, let’s not talk about him anymore. He can’t be of any help anyway. We might as well use all of our efforts to see if we can use any of our connections to resolve this matter instead.”

Rita glanced at Gerald faintly before she fixed her attention back to the topic of the car.

“Rita is right. Since it has already happened, escaping is not a solution. Ah! If we really have no choice, then I will contact Mr. Logan from the Bureau of Commerce. Back then, your grandfather had a very close relationship with him. Perhaps, he might know the identity of this young man!”

The old lady replied.

Many people started whipping out their cell phones to call their own contacts.

Kenneth did not want to be outdone. He wanted to see if he could use his connections to find out more about the owner of the car.

Gerald shook his head wryly.

If this continued, everyone would be placed in a very awkward situation.

Ugh!

Gerald sighed before he took out his car key.

Beep! Beep!

Two beeps.

The lights started flashing.

“Ahh?”

All of them were taken aback.

They then saw Gerald slowly walking forward.

He pressed a button again.

There were two buzzing sounds.

The Lamborghini made a mechanical sound and the sunroof opened automatically, as it folded into a kind of roadster.

Gerald picked up a bottle of mineral water from the driver’s seat.

He was really thirsty.

After taking a few mouthfuls, he wiped his mouth before he said, “I’ve already told you, that it’s no big deal. You can go and get busy with your own plans.”

No one replied to Gerald at all. Instead, he was greeted with a pin-drop silence.

Smack!

Kenneth was just about to make a phone call when his cell phone fell to the ground because he did not hold it firmly in his hand.

Glup!

Kyle and his girlfriend could only swallow their saliva.

Irene started breathing rapidly as her mouth gapped slightly, indicating the intense shock she was feeling at that very moment.

Rita was standing next to Gerald. A confused look ran all over her face before she slowly looked at Gerald in surprise.

The old lady was also stunned.

Everyone was flabbergasted.

“This car…belongs to Gerald?”

No one knew who broke the silence first.

More so, that person who spoke out captured everyone else’s inner consternation with much precision.

Mila was also very surprised and she asked, “Gerald, this car is yours?”

“Of course, it is mine. Didn’t I tell you earlier that I’ll be bringing you out for a drive one of these days?”

Gerald replied.

Mila remembered now.

It was the day of the driving test. When Gerald was sending her back to her dormitory, he said that he would drive her around in a luxury car soon.

Back then, she replied that she would be waiting then!

And as for Gerald, he then told her that he was actually a rich second generation.

To that statement, she playfully responded, “Mr. Crawford, I would be waiting for that day to come.”

Mila was simply joking around to play along with Gerald’s joke back then.

Who would’ve thought that seeing Gerald open his Lamborghini sports car’s door right in front of her eyes, Mila felt as though she was dreaming.

“Gerald, is this car really yours? I don’t believe it! I don’t believe it! I don’t believe it!!!”

Irene finally came to her senses and she felt her cheeks were sore and started acting up hysterically.

Gerald, you are nothing but a pathetic jerk. A pathetic jerk who won a small prize.

How could you possibly afford to buy such an expensive car?

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Two million six hundred thousand dollars!

What kind of status was this?

Impossible!

Irene rushed over to the car before she unceremoniously flipped out the car driving permit.

“Snap!”

Upon looking at the permit, Irene froze as she dropped the car driving permit to the ground.

She was dumbfounded.

“If you don’t want to look at it, just don’t look at it. Why do you have to throw it on the ground?”

Gerald could not help but smiled wryly.

“Some people do not have any knowledge or experience. Likewise, her father and mother too. They do not have any knowledge or experience in this at all. Gerald, why don’t you tell auntie how you met our Mila?”

Helen quickly ran over to pick up the car driving permit before glancing at it. She then grabbed Gerald’s wrist the next immediately second..

She started acting very cordially as though she was holding her own son’s hand.

“Oh, auntie. We met when we were learning how to drive!”

Gerald replied.

“Hahaha. I knew all along that our Mila has such good taste. In fact, I already knew that you were not just a simple man when I first saw you, Gerald. How can those people such as Quinton or Victor possibly be compared to you?”

“Umm…”

These words put Gerald in an awkward spot.

After all, who was that person who drove him out of their house in the past?

“Yes, Gerald. Cough. Cough. I am so sorry about this matter. Our Mason crashed into your car and damaged it!”

The old lady’s tone drastically changed, it was more pleasant and caring.

She walked towards Gerald with a smile on her face.

She was really shook to the core because of this incident.

But, it then turned out that the owner of this luxurious car was actually her grandson-in-law.

Aside from a handful who still couldn’t comprehend the fact that Gerald was indeed a local tycoon, everyone else started to open up and speak to Gerald.

Since he was in a hurry to go and repair his own car, Gerald didn’t bother waiting but was getting ready to leave even before the birthday banquet was over.

“Gerald, I’ll be heading to school later in the afternoon. Why don’t I accompany you to repair your car then?”

Mila asked playfully.

What a day. Both experiencing shocks and also a pleasant surprise.

To sum it up, she was filled with inexplicable excitement.

“Of course! After all, I told you that I’d bring you out for a ride. Get in!”

Although it was an important birthday banquet, the fact that Mila was able to go out with Gerald felt like the best gift to the old lady.

They then took off together.

“Gerald, are you really a rich second generation? So you’ve been lying to me all this while? Wait a minute, don’t tell me that you’re really the top young master, Mr. Crawford from Mayberry Commercial Street?”

Mila shot off curiously as she perched in the passenger seat.

Gerald did not know how he should answer her questions.

He was indeed the Mr. Crawford that they had been talking about.

Was he really going to fully disclose his own identity? This could only end up with one result. He would not be able to stay in this school any longer.

Because of that, Gerald decided to hide it.

He shook his head and asked, “So are you hoping that I’m Mr. Crawford, or are you hoping for me not to be him?”

“Not! Because if you really are Mr. Crawford, then you’ll not belong in the same world as us anymore. I will lose a good friend like you then!”

“Hehehe. I am not. Besides that, how can someone like Mr. Crawford possibly be driving a car that is only worth one million five hundred thousand to three million dollars? And also, just take a look at me! If it weren’t for you who picked out my clothes and matched it for me, I wouldn’t be wearing such nice clothes!”

“I simply won the lottery. I won a lot of money!”

Gerald replied as derailed.

“Hmph. That is also true. So, you are still my good friend, Gerald!”

Mila replied with a bright smile.

Gerald then realised that although Mila was someone highly intellectual, she would never think about the complexity of a question.

If it was any other girl, she would definitely be pestering him to get to the bottom of the matter.

However, Mila did not question him any further after finding out that Gerald was not Mr. Crawford.

To her, it was the same, regardless of whether Gerald was rich or not.

Gerald had sent his car to the Lamborghini shop and Wilson helped arrange for the most professional technician to repair his car.

Once that was settled, Gerald went for a walk with Mila.

“Let me buy you a cup of milk tea,” Gerald flashed a tiny smile. The both of them spotted a milk tea shop by the roadside as they were walking.

“Haha, you don’t have to! Remember that I still owe you a cup of milk tea? Plus, it’s me who asked you to pretend to be my boyfriend today. So, I owe you!”

At the mention of milk tea, Mila couldn’t help but think of the first time they met.

She was already walking towards the milk tea shop as they were conversing.

Gerald remained silent and he simply waited for Mila. A cup of milk tea was probably not enough to repay the debt that she owed him!

Gerald was waiting by the side of the road when he suddenly heard a cry for help.

“Help! Help!”

Gerald turned around and he saw that the Mayberry City’s moat was not too far away. A woman was yelling frantically.

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Gerald felt his heart skip a beat when he heard the cry for help.

He hastily rushed over.

The moat was pretty desolate as there were no parks or anything else nearby.

The woman was crying and she was drenched from head to toe.

When she saw Gerald, she almost collapsed to her knees. “Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Please help save my daughter!”

The woman was beautiful and appeared to be wearing a lot of fine jewelry. It seemed as though she was quite a figure.

She hurriedly pointed at the river and Gerald could see a young girl flailing about in the water.

Her daughter had obviously tripped into the water. The woman tried to rescue her daughter but she could only plead desperately for help as she didn’t know how to swim.

Gerald watched in horror as the young girl’s body slowly stopped moving and started sinking.

He knew that it would be way too late if he did not act upon it now.

Without thinking twice, he dove into the river at an accelerated speed.

Gerald’s family used to live in a village in a small county town. There was a river by the village and Gerald learnt how to swim ever since he was a young child.

Fortunately, the water in this moat was not too deep.

Thankfully, the young girl knew some basic swimming skills which made it easier for Gerald to save the young girl, but the experience she went through was simply daunting, though without any serious mishaps.

After he carried the young girl up, the child choked a little and her face was flushed red.

Her mother was so distressed and she kept patting her back gently. She kept thanking Gerald profusely.

“Call 120 first!”

“Yes, the child is too young. Oh! What kind of mother are you? How can you allow your child to come to the water all by herself?”

Several citizens ran over as soon as they heard the commotion.

Some were making phone calls while several older women started criticizing the young mother.

don’t scold my mom. Tessa is the one who insisted on coming here

the young girl heard her mother getting ridiculed, she

“What an obedient child!”

your child. If this man did not rush over here on time, the consequences

young man is

were standing at the side looked at Gerald

hoisted a weak Tessa over as slowly walked

so much. What is your name? Where do

as she wanted

to not know the intention of her query. All he did was save a person.

waved

your daughter to the hospital

turned around to

I see

A weak Tessa asked.

this close to death and was shaken

save her without any hesitation at all. This was the sole reason why she wanted to

want to let the young girl down. After smiling at her, he ignored the young mother who was still calling out to him

of those

to the side of

twenty minutes

should have already bought her milk tea a

of the road, Mila was nowhere in

Hmm?

have already bought the milk tea after such a long

took out his cell phone and glanced at it. It was dripping wet as it had been completely soaked in water.

be that Mila already went back to the car shop

to the milk tea shop and looked around but he could

the car shop first, but attempted to switch on his phone

him

Gerald that his car had already

the car, under the intensive care

way, Mr. Wilson, did the girl who came with me just now

again after she left with you. Is there a problem, Mr. Crawford? Did

you, Mr. Wilson. No worries,

little puzzled after hanging up. This was strange. Where

not

be found and she

could she

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could not find her at all. Plus, his phone had died

about an hour of searching,

him. Could something have happened to her? Gerald had already ruled out all of the possibilities and had already been waiting around the area for such a long

see Mila anywhere

about it, the more Gerald started to break out in cold

to return to the car shop to see if he could get his cell phone to turn

for a while, he finally managed

did indeed make many phone calls and sent many text

been turned off at

he realized that Mila’s

What was happening?

couldn’t remain his composure any

calling Mila’s house but he noticed that she did

Something definitely had happened.

raised his

to be a

Wilson, do you know the manager of the milk tea shop? I want to take a

Gerald immediately got up.

the entire time after he came back to the

Gerald’s girlfriend might be in trouble, he was

as he exclaimed that he knew the manager. He quickly

the recording of the surveillance camera, Gerald starting figuring it out

happened about two

Mila bought the milk tea and stepped out of the shop, she

to call Gerald but discovered that Gerald’s cell phone

Mila was very anxious.

by the roadside as she waited for ten minutes,

those few minutes, a black Passat suddenly stopped right next

young man with a cap stepped out

the young man asked with a

slightly as she said,

Gerald, or Mr. Crawford. He asked me to come and pick you up. He had to leave earlier because he had an emergency at home. He asked me to come to send you back to Paradise

who was wearing a peaked

around quickly to observe his surroundings as he

I will give Gerald a call again. Why is his cell

doubts because the man knew

know what Gerald’s family was doing but since he left in such a hurry, then something must have come up. He called for a car to send

Looking at all these right signs, Gerald must be

had no

feeling a little uneasy because she could not contact Gerald at

but she could not get through his

Mila, are we leaving? I still have to pick another

The driver urged.

You can send me

she didn’t want to make the other party

with Gerald. Why? Why did he leave just like that? He did not even

would not be able

ten minutes after the car

to the milk tea shop in his

Zoom in on the

when he saw

did not know who this person was but he did not dare to reject a request as such since a manager like Mr. Wilson was also

rewound the video before zooming into the

the driver’s

low and there

that, Gerald could still

It was him?!

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Nigel!

a bit, the person shown in the picture was none other than Nigel from the Fisher family. No matter how much Nigel tried to disguise himself,

the trigger and the direct

went over to the Emperor Karaoke Bar after Naomi’s birthday party, Nigel has also been keeping tabs on him. Out of anger, Gerald called Zack for help,

about this matter, she simply did not just teach Nigel a lesson. Instead, she

taken away at the entrance of

completely destroyed. They had to hand the Grand Marshall Restaurant over and the restaurant was now

turned from a rich second generation

turned out this way before he even

now…why was Nigel kidnapping

Gerald was baffled.

blackmail them for a sum

looked at the situation,

had obviously told Mila something and he finally convinced Mila before she agreed to get into his

also noticed another

talking to Mila, his eyes were constantly looking towards the direction of the

he knew and was worried that Gerald

for a

later on that his family was completely ruined because of him, then it would certainly make sense for Nigel to retaliate against

what Gerald was most certain of was that Mila

thought hard about

very instant, Gerald’s cell phone suddenly

from

Oh wait, that’s not right. I should call you Mr.

voice crackled through

it is really

immediately recognized the voice as soon as he

then, everyone simply thought that you were nothing but a pauper. But what? You are actually the wealthy and influential young master who owns the entire Mayberry Commercial Street? I used to think that my dad was really bullish but he was just working for you all along! If it wasn’t for me who heard Zack secretly making a phone call to you when I was planning to retaliate against him, I would never have imagined that you were the one who destroyed my family with

so rich and powerful? Yes, I was the one who asked Yuri to snatch your girlfriend from you. It was wrong of me. But then, you destroyed my family and you left

being a little

Mila is innocent. Let her go. I’ll come to you wherever you are now and I’ll

together! On a second thought, it felt too boring. What more, I have such a

must not come here!

“Don’t come! Sob…sob…”

and yelled over

Gerald grew extremely anxious.

to be Mila’s boyfriend, Mila was

reason why Nigel kidnapped Mila was because he wanted revenge on

was all

me at the unfinished building in the south of the city. Do not

“Du…du…du…”

soon

Gerald grew pale.

and he had attracted Nigel’s attention. And look where this brought him, Nigel who was already mentally unsound

certain that this guy would be capable of

wouldn’t be enough to rely on his own strength to

look for Zack so that he could help

Zack and filled him in. Zack took this

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him repeatedly to wait for him so

couldn’t afford to see Gerald lose

happened, then Zack would have to resign. No, worse still he’d rather

Zack could

to the car shop with Wilson. He then told Wilson to wait

said that he had to leave

“Oh! Isn’t that Gerald?”

It is really him! What is he doing in

recruiting some sales representatives at the moment. Is he trying to apply for

Even if he really won the lottery, he still has a very poor temperament. It makes people sick to even

Gerald’s presence was unexpected.

were their ridicule that was directed

messed up inside. He simply glared in their

of them each had a beautiful girlfriend with them as they looked at the

who were following behind were none other than

in the past. You should have told me that the

laughed as he spoke

not just you, cousin! In fact, I have

gotten together with Nathaniel at this time. She got to know Howard through Nathaniel and then, she naturally got to know Quinton

horizons did not just expand a

eating with Victor and the others, she found

very tempted by the prospect and she even took the initiative to try and gain his favor. She was even ready to

and Quinn was indulged in the thought for quite some

was when Quinn met

this what a real rich

who had just won the lottery, he was nothing more than an

at Gerald the entire

then said, “Perhaps he had already finished spending almost all of his money. That is why he is so desperate to look for a job right now. Hahaha. Let’s not be bothered about him anymore. Let’s continue talking about

surrounded the newly repaired Lamborghini Reventon as they savored it inch by inch

think about was Mila, he was very worried and anxious. So, how could he possibly be bothered about them

didn’t even have time to pay any attention to their

Beep! Beep!

Two beeps.

car

and zoomed out of the

Quinn, who was about to curse

them

car away? This was Gerald’s

Ahh!

could that

felt as though she had just been slapped across her face. “Look! That man just stole a

Quinn shouted.

will be closed today. All employees who have worked for less than five years will be on vacation and they can leave immediately. Some of Mr.

Quinn or Quinton but he simply gave his instructions to

secretary got to work

and the rest of them were still standing dumbfounded at this

“Brakeee!”

emergency brake sounds screeched from

in front of

that moment, Zack stepped out of the car before dashing right into the

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”Zack? Uncle Zack!”

see the expression on Zack’s face at that time and he did not dare to go forward to say

senses and composure

“Mr. Lyle!”

Wilson greeted him immediately.

are things? Where

Zack hurriedly asked.

Crawford has already gone over there first. He’s afraid that he’d

Wilson hurriedly said.

Crawford is headed to. No matter what, nothing bad can

calling his men as he walked out of the door. Concurrently, Zack also sent a text message to Gerald first before carefully taking

Quinn and the

“What? Crawford…Mr. Crawford?”

this meant? The Mr. Crawford that Zack was referring to seemed to be none

was Mr. Crawford?

shocked. How could they not have heard of the infamous Mr. Crawford’s name on Mayberry Commercial Street? His great name had already been the talk of

that

car shop, he looked very anxious. Moreover, even though

And the Lamborghini Reventon.

That was Gerald’s car!

thought about it again, Gerald hosted a banquet in one of the most expensive rooms in

been extremely

known?

almost sat down on

in disbelief and he asked the sales consultant at

to, called Gerald Crawford? He owns the

he replied,

as he

people actually dared to talk to Mr. Crawford in that manner. He initially thought that they were possibly even more powerful compared to Gerald. As a result, they did not even know anything about Mr. Crawford’s

“Oh my god!”

utterly stunned at

despised

and her group of friends were clouded by a lot of feelings and they

what, why don’t we go and take a look? Perhaps, there are two people with the same names?” Howard and Nathaniel

in self-denial and couldn’t face reality just

“Okay, I agree!”

“I agree!”

we will not be able to catch up

his cold sweat before he hurried off to get his car

the other hand, Gerald was stepping on

ran through a dozen red

finally arrived at the unfinished

a dozen floors built in this building before

the downstream branches of the moat at Mayberry

was a very rapid

building was originally quite a distance away from the surface of the

it had become very dangerous and they had to stop the construction of

this place in

I did not expect

suddenly echoed from the top of the building. It was Nigel, who was looking down at Gerald

with anger and remained silent. Instead, he simply dashed to the top of the

seemed to look much darker. He was also

bound her up tightly and he even sealed

“Woo…woo…woo…”

to yell, why are you so silly?!